Saisho to Saigo**

**That means "First and Last" as in first time and last time.

I remember screaming "Saisho to saigo!" over and over while I was in labor with Asia... While partaking in Black Friday really wasn't nearly as painful as that experience, it was rather painful in it's own way :)

My friend Michelle suggested a few months ago that we do the Black Friday thing and I figured since we didn't have any family in town this year it'd be the perfect time to see what all the hype is about so off we went at...

4:09 A.M.











(can't see the thermometer in this shot, but it said 29 degrees. Brrr.)
Here we are, tired, cold and giggly. Me, Ashley (she's a friend of Michelle's visiting from Hawaii) and Michelle. Tara joined us about 20 minutes later.

ToysRUs was our first destination, we stood in line for 45 minutes before they opened, the line went down and around and across...



















See all those people? I wonder when these first-in-liners got there?!

Oh, and surprise, surprise, we didn't even end up getting the one thing we went to ToysRUs for (they had Zunes for cheap and Michelle's husband was hoping for one...).

Then we headed to Kohls but walked right back out after seeing the line for the cash registers. The line literally wrapped around the entire interior of the store. ALL AROUND THE STORE.
No thanks.







Then we walked into Old Navy and again, crazy line. No thanks. Took this picture and walked back out.











Right before this we happened to be at Bath and Body Works right at the very moment it opened so we were first in line--and, well, the only ones in line :) and THAT was a fun shopping experience. Much more my speed. Some nice sales, relaxing, no lines.

Same deal at Pier 1 and Cost Plus World Market so we did end up scoring some good deals today without having to deal with long lines.

After hours and hours (see the last photo to find out exactly how many hours!) of random shopping and being shocked by the sight of long lines we were a tad bit loopy.

Here's me kissing Michelle under some mistletow at Target.







This photo is a bit blurry, but that's exactly how we all felt at this point!

3:17 P.M.

Remember the first picture with the departure time? Yeah, you do the math. It's embarassing.

We were all tired, but really we had a fun time together. Will I do it again? Nope.

Then again, that's what I said when Asia was being born and she *does* have a younger sibling... ;)